I suppose this is the season where poorly cared for horses become the most apparent but I still don’t get it. Why wouldn’t you just sell some or all of them? Before they are in such poor condition or dead? Also doesn’t anyone driving by notice them? I’m sorry but even if you were my [...]

Rescue 100, the foundation that helped to save 100 starving horses is seeking offers of aid as the cost to care for the rescued horses mounts. The horses were rescued from Axel hinz-Schlueter and Dale Huber by the SPCA under the Animal Protection Act on February 26th (see full story here). After their rescue, the [...]

Beginning with the 2008 season, horse owners at Emerald Downs can make contributions to accredited Thoroughbred rescue, retirement and rehabilitation facilities through a voluntary $1 per start minimum contribution from their horsemen’s bookkeeper accounts. All contributions to “The Prodigious Fund” will be dispersed at the end of each racing year to approved organizations. Emerald Downs [...]